IL86743A - Reflectometric moisture meter for capillary-porous materials,especially for the soil - Google Patents

Reflectometric moisture meter for capillary-porous materials,especially for the soil

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Publication number
IL86743A
IL86743A IL86743A IL8674388A IL86743A IL 86743 A IL86743 A IL 86743A IL 86743 A IL86743 A IL 86743A IL 8674388 A IL8674388 A IL 8674388A IL 86743 A IL86743 A IL 86743A
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probe
measuring device
capillary
soil
dielectric constant
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IL86743A
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Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut
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Priority claimed from PL26661787A external-priority patent/PL154440B1/en
Priority claimed from PL26661687A external-priority patent/PL156883B1/en
Priority claimed from PL27212888A external-priority patent/PL156952B3/en
Application filed by Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut filed Critical Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut
Publication of IL86743A0 publication Critical patent/IL86743A0/en
Publication of IL86743A publication Critical patent/IL86743A/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
    • G01N33/24—Earth materials
    • G01N33/246—Earth materials for water content
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N22/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more
    • G01N22/04—Investigating moisture content

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
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  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Electric Means (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
  • Analysing Materials By The Use Of Radiation (AREA)
  • Soil Conditioners And Soil-Stabilizing Materials (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials Using Thermal Means (AREA)
  • Paper (AREA)
  • Investigation Of Foundation Soil And Reinforcement Of Foundation Soil By Compacting Or Drainage (AREA)
  • Consolidation Of Soil By Introduction Of Solidifying Substances Into Soil (AREA)
  • Carbon And Carbon Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

The probe (1) of the measuring device, fed with the needle electric pulse, is constituted of a set of waveguides connected parallely in the embranchment (2) with the microprocessor controller (10) of the electronic assemblies of the measuring device. Waveguides of the probe are installed in chosen layers of the material studied. The directly measured quantity is the sequence of time periods separating subsequent reflections of the electromagnetic wave propagating in the probe from the particular probe impedance discontinuities. The electromagnetic wave propagation velocity in a chosen layer of the medium is calculated on this basis, and therefrom the dielectric constant of the medium, and finally its moisture content upon which the dielectric constant depends. The measuring device according to this invention may be used either for measuring or as an element of a control system, for all the capillary-porous media to which the probe can be inserted, such as: the soil, agricultural products (grain, hop cones, tobacco, hay), semiproducts and final products of the food processing industry (flour, bakery products), wood, moulding sand, subgrades, building foundations etc.
IL86743A 1987-07-03 1988-06-15 Reflectometric moisture meter for capillary-porous materials,especially for the soil IL86743A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PL26661787A PL154440B1 (en) 1987-07-03 1987-07-03 Reflectometric humidity measuring instrument for measuring humidities of porous capillary bodies in particular of soil
PL26661687A PL156883B1 (en) 1987-07-03 1987-07-03 Multisensor tester for reflectometric humidity measuremets in particular for measuring humidity of soil
PL27212888A PL156952B3 (en) 1988-04-28 1988-04-28 Reflectometric measuring instrument of the humidity of capillary porous bodies in particular of the soil

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IL86743A0 IL86743A0 (en) 1988-11-30
IL86743A true IL86743A (en) 1992-05-25

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EP (1) EP0297604B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE83322T1 (en)
BG (1) BG48818A3 (en)
CS (1) CS270000B2 (en)
DD (1) DD271380A5 (en)
DE (1) DE3876517T2 (en)
FI (1) FI91329C (en)
HU (1) HU205666B (en)
IL (1) IL86743A (en)

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HU205666B (en) 1992-05-28
CS455288A2 (en) 1989-09-12
EP0297604B1 (en) 1992-12-09
DE3876517T2 (en) 1993-05-06
ATE83322T1 (en) 1992-12-15
HUT48372A (en) 1989-05-29
CS270000B2 (en) 1990-05-14
BG48818A3 (en) 1991-05-15
FI883165A0 (en) 1988-07-01
US4918375A (en) 1990-04-17
FI883165A (en) 1989-01-04
FI91329C (en) 1994-06-10
EP0297604A3 (en) 1990-05-09
EP0297604A2 (en) 1989-01-04
DD271380A5 (en) 1989-08-30
IL86743A0 (en) 1988-11-30
DE3876517D1 (en) 1993-01-21
FI91329B (en) 1994-02-28

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